Are BBC job cuts a good thing?

To state the bleeding obvious, the BBC is not a direct rival to me.  It also should not be a direct rival to the East Anglian Daily Press or the Ipswich Evening Star, but the growth of its licence funded Suffolk presence has made it a great rival.  We may have many problems with these papers, Paul Geater will never win a prize for seeing all sides to a political story for example.  But these are locally rooted and locally staffed media which are being attacked for market share by a broadcaster that can put you in prison if you don’t pay their subscriptions.  Even Pravda didn’t have that power.

So could the coming drawing in of the BBC’s horns be a good thing for the local media scene in Suffolk?

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